On this day: April 28

Events on April 28

• 357 Emperor Constantius II enters Rome for the first time to celebrate his victory over Magnus Magnentius. Wikipedia
• 1253 Nichiren, a Japanese Buddhist monk, propounds Namu Myōhō Renge Kyō for the first time and declares it to be the essence of Buddhism, in effect founding Nichiren Buddhism. Wikipedia
• 1611 The University of Santo Tomas (seminary building pictured) in Manila, one of the oldest existing universities in Asia and one of the world's largest Catholic universities by enrollment, was founded. Wikipedia
• 1788 Maryland becomes the seventh state to ratify the United States Constitution. Wikipedia
• 1796 The Armistice of Cherasco is signed by Napoleon Bonaparte and Vittorio Amedeo III, King of Sardinia, expanding French territory along the Mediterranean coast. Wikipedia
• 1937 South African medical researcher Max Theiler develops the yellow fever vaccine at the Rockefeller Foundation in New York City. Wikipedia
• 1941 World War II: Presaging a campaign of genocide against the Serbs of Croatia, around 190 people were massacred by members of the Ustaše movement in Gudovac. Wikipedia
• 1944 World War II: Nine German E-boats attack US and UK units during Exercise Tiger, the rehearsal for the Normandy landings, killing 946. Wikipedia
• 1945 World War II: Benito Mussolini, the deposed fascist dictator of Italy, was executed by partisans in Giulino. Wikipedia
• 1945 The Holocaust: Nazi Germany carries out its final use of gas chambers to execute 33 Upper Austrian socialist and communist leaders in Mauthausen concentration camp. Wikipedia
• 1945 Benito Mussolini and his mistress Clara Petacci are shot dead by Walter Audisio, a member of the Italian resistance movement. Wikipedia
• 1947 Thor Heyerdahl and five crew mates set out from Peru on the Kon-Tiki to demonstrate that Peruvian natives could have settled Polynesia. Wikipedia
• 1948 Igor Stravinsky conducts the premiere of his American ballet, Orpheus at the New York City Center. Wikipedia
• 1952 The Sino-Japanese Peace Treaty (Treaty of Taipei) is signed in Taipei, Taiwan between Japan and the Republic of China to officially end the Second Sino-Japanese War. Wikipedia
• 1952 Japan and the Republic of China signed the Treaty of Taipei, officially ending the Second Sino-Japanese War seven years after fighting ended due to World War II. Wikipedia
• 1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower resigns as Supreme Allied Commander of NATO in order to campaign in the 1952 United States presidential election. Wikipedia
• 1960 The Sibley Commission issued their final report, urging the government of the U.S. state of Georgia to abandon its strategy of massive resistance and legalize some instances of school integration. Wikipedia
• 1965 United States occupation of the Dominican Republic: American troops land in the Dominican Republic to "forestall establishment of a Communist dictatorship" and to evacuate US Army troops. Wikipedia
• 1967 Vietnam War: Boxer Muhammad Ali refuses his induction into the United States Army and is subsequently stripped of his championship and license. Wikipedia
• 1969 Charles de Gaulle resigns as President of France. Wikipedia
• 1970 Vietnam War: US President Richard Nixon formally authorizes American combat troops to take part in the Cambodian campaign. Wikipedia
• 1988 Aloha Airlines Flight 243 experienced explosive decompression while airborne between Hilo and Honolulu, Hawaii, with one fatality as a flight attendant was ejected from the aircraft. Wikipedia
• 1994 Former Central Intelligence Agency counterintelligence officer and analyst Aldrich Ames pleads guilty to giving US secrets to the Soviet Union and later Russia. Wikipedia
• 1996 Whitewater controversy: President Bill Clinton gives a 41⁄2 hour videotaped testimony for the defense. Wikipedia
• 1996 A spree shooter carried out the Port Arthur massacre, killing 35 people and injuring 23, in Tasmania, prompting stricter gun laws in Australia. Wikipedia
• 2008 The 1,388-foot-tall (423.2 m) Trump International Hotel and Tower in Chicago, with the world's highest residence above ground level at the time, held its grand opening. Wikipedia

Born on April 28

• 32 Otho, Roman emperor (died 69 AD) Wikipedia
• 1442 Edward IV, king of England (died 1483) Wikipedia
• 1573 Charles de Valois, Duke of Angoulême, son of Charles IX (died 1650) Wikipedia
• 1758 James Monroe, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 5th President of the United States (died 1831) Wikipedia
• 1838 Tobias Asser, Dutch lawyer and scholar, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1913) Wikipedia
• 1874 Karl Kraus, Austrian journalist and author (died 1936) Wikipedia
• 1889 António de Oliveira Salazar, Portuguese economist and politician, 100th Prime Minister of Portugal (died 1970) Wikipedia
• 1896 Tristan Tzara, Romanian-French poet and critic (died 1963) Wikipedia
• 1900 Heinrich Müller, German SS officer, Gestapo chief, and key individual in the Holocaust (died 1945) Wikipedia
• 1906 Kurt Gödel, Czech-American mathematician, philosopher, and academic (died 1978) Wikipedia
• 1908 Oskar Schindler, Czech-German businessman (died 1974) Wikipedia
• 1916 Ferruccio Lamborghini, Italian businessman, created Lamborghini (died 1993) Wikipedia
• 1924 Kenneth Kaunda, Zambian educator and politician, first president of Zambia (died 2021) Wikipedia
• 1926 Harper Lee, American novelist (died 2016) Wikipedia
• 1930 James Baker, American lawyer and politician, 61st United States Secretary of State Wikipedia
• 1937 Saddam Hussein, Iraqi general and politician, 5th President of Iraq (died 2006) Wikipedia
• 1941 Karl Barry Sharpless, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate Wikipedia
• 1948 Terry Pratchett, English journalist, author, and screenwriter (died 2015) Wikipedia
• 1950 Jay Leno, American comedian, talk show host, and producer Wikipedia
• 1974 Penélope Cruz, Spanish actress and producer Wikipedia
• 1981 Jessica Alba, American model and actress Wikipedia
• 1988 Juan Mata, Spanish footballer Wikipedia

Died on April 28

• 992 Jawhar as-Siqilli, Fatimid statesman Wikipedia
• 1813 Mikhail Kutuzov, Russian field marshal (born 1745) Wikipedia
• 1853 Ludwig Tieck, German author and poet (born 1773) Wikipedia
• 1903 Josiah Willard Gibbs, American scientist (born 1839) Wikipedia
• 1921 Maurice Moore (Irish republican), executed member of the Irish Republican Army (born 1894) Wikipedia
• 1936 Fuad I of Egypt (born 1868) Wikipedia
• 1945 Benito Mussolini, Italian journalist, fascist dictator and politician, 27th Prime Minister of Italy (born 1883) Wikipedia
• 1954 Léon Jouhaux, French union leader, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1879) Wikipedia
• 1978 Mohammed Daoud Khan, Afghan commander and politician, 1st President of Afghanistan (born 1909) Wikipedia
• 1992 Francis Bacon, Irish painter (born 1909) Wikipedia
• 1999 Arthur Leonard Schawlow, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1921) Wikipedia
• 2007 Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker, German physicist and philosopher (born 1912) Wikipedia
• 2012 Matilde Camus, Spanish poet and author (born 1919) Wikipedia
• 2021 Michael Collins, American astronaut (born 1930) Wikipedia

Holidays and observances

• Christian feast day: Aphrodisius and companions Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: Gianna Beretta Molla Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: Kirill of Turov (Orthodox, added to Roman Martyrology in 1969) Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: Louis de Montfort Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: Blessed Marie Louise Trichet Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: Pamphilus of Sulmona Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: Peter Chanel Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: Vitalis and Valeria of Milan Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: April 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Wikipedia
• Mujahideen Victory Day (Afghanistan) Wikipedia
• National Heroes Day (Barbados) Wikipedia
• Restoration of Sovereignty Day (Japan) Wikipedia
• Sardinia Day (Sardinia) Wikipedia
• Workers' Memorial Day and World Day for Safety and Health at Work (international) National Day of Mourning (Canada) Wikipedia
• Ed Balls Day Wikipedia

The events, births, deaths and observances above are from the English Wikipedia article “April 28” and the articles it links to (authors and history), retrieved 2026-10-09 through the Wikimedia “On this day” feed. They are licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0; this selection is shared under the same licence. We picked the 26 events, 22 births and 14 deaths with the widest coverage across Wikipedia's language editions (counted from Wikidata) and sorted them by year; the wording is unchanged apart from removing references to pictures.